About Marcin Król
Lived 1944 – 2020 (aged 76). Marcin Król was a Polish philosopher, university teacher, political scientist, historian and opinion journalist.
Marcin Feliks Król (18 May 1944 – 25 November 2020 ) was a Polish philosopher, historian of ideas, publicist and professor of the University of Warsaw. He was a democratic opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic.
As a participant in the March events of 1968, Król was imprisoned in the same year for several months. He was a long-time contributing editor of the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly, as well as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Res Publica magazine. In 1975, Król was a signatory to the Letter of 59 against changes to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland.
He was participant in the Round Table talks and a member of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa. He was the chairman of the Stefan Batory Foundation.
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Who was Marcin Król?
Polish philosopher
When was Marcin Król born?
Marcin Król was born on 18 May 1944 in Warsaw.
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Marcin Król died on 25 November 2020 in Biała Podlaska.
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Marcin Król was a philosopher, university teacher, political scientist, historian and opinion journalist.
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Marcin Król was Polish.
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